plaintext

See also: plain text

English

Noun

plaintext (plural plaintexts)

1. (cryptography, computing) Alternative spelling of plain text
   • 2007, Reinhard Wobst, “Life After DES: New Methods, New Attacks”, in Angelika Shafir, transl., Cryptology Unlocked, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, →ISBN, section 3 (IDEA: A Special-Class Algoritmh), subsection 5 (Cryptanalyzing IDEA), page 239:

     There are weak keys in the sense that their use by foisting chosen plaintexts can be proved, which could be interesting for chip cards with a ‘burnt-in key’.

Adjective

plaintext (not comparable)

1. (computing) Consisting only of plain text.

Synonyms

• (computing) ASCII, cleartext, decoded, unencrypted

Antonyms

• (computing) binary, encoded, encrypted